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supercompact

supercompact adjective: very compact.

Adjective

supercompact (comparative more supercompact, superlative most supercompact)

  1. Very compact.
    • LONG among the hottest items in Europe and Asia, ultraportable notebook computers — supercompact, lightweight laptops that slip into briefcases as easily as a legal pad — appear to be finding favor with American tastes.2007 May 3, Michel Marriott, “Small and Smaller”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    ultracompact
  2. Having a subbasis such that every open cover of the topological space from elements of the subbasis has a subcover with at most two subbasis elements.
  3. Being a type of large cardinal with a variety of reflection properties.

Synonyms of supercompact

Forms of supercompact

comparativemore supercompact
superlativemost supercompact

Origin of supercompact

From super- + compact.

Words formed from supercompact

Questions about supercompact

What does supercompact mean?
Supercompact means very compact.
What part of speech is supercompact?
Supercompact is an adjective.

Words near supercompact in the dictionary

  1. supercommunity
  2. supercommutative
  3. supercommutators
  4. supercommuter
  5. supercommuters
  6. supercompact
  7. supercompaction
  8. supercompactness
  9. supercompanies
  10. supercompany
  11. supercompensation

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